1978–79 Alpha Ethniki

43rd season of top-tier football league in Greece From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1978–79 Alpha Ethniki was the 43rd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 3 September 1978 and ended on 3 June 1979. AEK Athens won their second consecutive and seventh Greek title.

Season1978–79
ChampionsAEK Athens
7th Greek title
RelegatedKavala
Egaleo
Panserraikos
European CupAEK Athens
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Alpha Ethniki
Season1978–79
ChampionsAEK Athens
7th Greek title
RelegatedKavala
Egaleo
Panserraikos
European CupAEK Athens
UEFA CupOlympiacos
Aris
Cup Winners' CupPanionios
Matches306
Goals792 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorerThomas Mavros
(31 goals)
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The point system was: Win: 2 points - Draw: 1 point.

Teams

More information Promoted from 1977–78 Beta Ethniki, Relegated from 1977–78 Alpha Ethniki ...
Promoted from
1977–78 Beta Ethniki		 Relegated from
1977–78 Alpha Ethniki
Rodos
AEL		 Pierikos
Veria
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Location of teams in 1978–79 Alpha Ethniki

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AEK Athens[a] (C) 34 25 6 3 90 30 +60 56 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Olympiacos[a] 34 26 4 4 63 27 +36 56 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Aris 34 22 6 6 63 26 +37 50
4 PAOK 34 18 9 7 73 23 +50 45
5 Panathinaikos 34 14 10 10 46 37 +9 38
6 Iraklis 34 12 10 12 51 46 +5 34
7 OFI 34 14 6 14 37 42 −5 34
8 Ethnikos Piraeus 34 14 4 16 36 50 −14 32
9 Kastoria 34 10 11 13 31 42 −11 31
10 Apollon Athens 34 10 9 15 37 42 −5 29
11 Rodos 34 13 3 18 50 62 −12 29
12 AEL 34 12 5 17 32 53 −21 29
13 Panionios 34 9 10 15 31 44 −13 28 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
14 PAS Giannina 34 9 10 15 38 51 −13 28
15 Panachaiki 34 9 9 16 27 37 −10 27
16 Kavala (R) 34 12 3 19 34 56 −22 27 Relegation to Beta Ethniki
17 Egaleo (R) 34 10 6 18 33 57 −24 26
18 Panserraikos (R) 34 4 5 25 16 63 −47 13
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Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd decision match; 3rd head-to-head goal difference.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    AEK Athens pronounced champions, because Olympiacos did not show up for the play-off match.

Results

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Home \ Away AEK AEL APA ARIS EGA ETH IRA KAS KAV OFI OLY PNC PAO PAN PNS PAOK PAS ROD
AEK Athens 4–2 2–0 1–1 5–0 5–1 5–1 2–1 7–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 5–0 3–2 7–2 5–2
AEL 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Apollon Athens 1–3 4–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0
Aris 2–1 2–1 3–2 6–1 5–0 2–1 7–2 3–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1
Egaleo 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–1
Ethnikos Piraeus 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1[a] 0–0 4–1
Iraklis 2–3 2–0 1–1 0–4 6–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 8–1
Kastoria 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Kavala 1–2 3–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 3–0 2–0
OFI 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
Olympiacos 0–1 4–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–1
Panachaiki 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2
Panathinaikos 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 4–0
Panionios 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–3 3–2 4–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0
Panserraikos 2–5 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–0
PAOK 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 5–0 1–1 4–2 4–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 5–0 5–0 6–1
PAS Giannina 1–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1
Rodos 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 5–1 3–1 3–4 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
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Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Ethnikos vs PAOK originally finished 2-2. The match was replayed after PAOK's appeal because the referee count an irregular goal for Ethnikos[1]

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Greece Thomas Mavros AEK Athens 31
2 Greece Manolis Kottis Rodos 24
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević AEK Athens
4 Argentina Óscar Álvarez Panathinaikos 15
Greece Kostas Orfanos PAOK
Brazil Neto Guerino PAOK
7 Greece Giorgos Ananiadis Aris 14
8 Greece Takis Nikoloudis AEK Athens 12
Greece Giannis Pathiakakis Panionios
Greece Giorgos Orfanidis Iraklis
Greece Petros Karavitis Olympiacos
Greece Dinos Kouis Aris
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Attendances

Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1978–79 Alpha Ethniki.[2]

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#TeamAverage attendance
1Olympiacos24,552
2AEK Athens14,972
3Panathinaikos14,621
4PAOK14,394
5Aris11,970
6Ethnikos Piraeus9,833
7AEL7,454
8Iraklis7,097
9Apollon Athens5,750
10Panionios5,713
11Panachaiki5,522
12Egaleo5,213
13PAS Giannina4,947
14OFI4,528
15Kavala4,270
16Rodos3,825
17Panserraikos2,446
18Kastoria2,339
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